praying for prodigals

So, my blog post today is not exactly connected to my book, but I feel led of the Holy Spirit to put these particular thoughts in this blog platform.

The other night a friend of mine called me and told me of a difficult conversation she had with a member of her family who is currently not walking with the Lord. My friend loves this woman deeply.

At the end of February this year my friend prayed and asked the Lord for another "Rapture" dream. She has had several since 21. He gave it to her. She said that she knew from that dream it is eminent and we are milliseconds from it happening. At the time of her telling me about the message of her dream, she also told me that her heart was to tell this woman that she loves so much about this message too. She was struggling with timing and knowing that this woman was not going to be receptive but felt compelled to say something to her about it anyway. So, she did.

All she said was one sentence about the impending rapture and this woman got quite angry. The woman then began accusing and berating to some degree and all my friend could do was sit and listen. She was dumbfounded to discover where this woman's heart really was, especially concerning my friend. Some of the things my friend told me that she said, you could certainly hear the pride and arrogance in the words and attitude.

She started to say something that I believed would be quite detrimental, so I stopped her from saying any more about it. The Holy Spirit had me tell her that she and I need to be interceding for certain people in our families to come to the Lord. He impressed upon me the seriousness of the matter and the shortness of time. She and I agreed with each other to hold one another accountable concerning the interceding of our loved ones.

When we hung up, I began repenting and praying and I clearly heard the Lord tell me, prepare for 3 days. I knew what He was telling me. I had some unfinished organizational things I needed to do, and God was telling me to prepare for beginning to intercede in 3 days by getting these things done.

This morning I read a VERY moving post by someone who very clearly described what they saw and experienced when they visited the Asbury Revival. It definitely moved me to tears, lots of them. It caused me to think about how God did that there for people that knew Him but weren't really on fire for Him, kind of like me. But my heart's cry is for God to radically save those that are truly lost. That's what I was feeling as I read that post.

I also went yesterday with my husband to see the movie "Jesus Revolution". Talk about a great movie. Wow! I was truly amazed. I honestly didn't think I would like the movie much because I did not grow up in that era. But what God did for the hippies back then, my heart's cry is that He will do it for the homeless now.

I can feel the spirit of intercession growing stronger and stronger in me, breaking my heart for what breaks His, the lost. God is passionate about us being reconciled to Him. Think about this....

The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus has almost become something we kind of gloss over. but it will NEVER be that for God. He shows His passion for pursuing us to have us reconciled to Him. He is chasing us. Many of us have the audacity to think that we are chasing Him. WRONG!!!! We could never do such a thing, unless He first chased us. He is the One that causes us to hunger and thirst for Him. He is the One that causes us to yearn for more of Him. He is the One that Calls us to righteousness. He is the One that convicts us of our sins. We cannot pursue Him unless He first has pursued us. Our relationship with Him is strictly reciprocal and He is ALWAYS the Initiator.

What kind of King loves that way? You will be extremely hard pressed to find a past or present human king to love like that. I have never really heard anyone talk about this, but it is becoming more and more apparent to me how humble God really is. He doesn't have to be prideful and arrogant; He is Sovereign.

Maybe this post will prick your heart to cry out to the Lord for more of Him for yourself, and those you love. I pray that it does. But please know that if it does, it is ONLY because that is God's will for you. He loves you eternally and completely and passionately. Be blessed. Kim